psychoanalysis

Question 1

who founded this policy

Answer 1

freud

Question 2

what does this involve

Answer 2

the patient verbalising their thoughts (talking therapy)

Question 3

what does it aim to access

Answer 3

the unconscious, repressed thoughts which are believed to lead to criminality - buried through childhood trauma

Question 4

what is free association

Answer 4

free talking, so the patient talks about whatever enters the mind - the reason that causes the crime will come to mind

Question 5

STRENGTH: how does it work as well as other therapy treatments

Answer 5

for example cognitive behaviour therapy as they both reduce reoffending as you know what is causing the offending

Question 6

STRENGTH: what did Eysenck find

Answer 6

44% of neurotic patients responded well to it

Question 7

WEAKNESS: what did blackburn find

Answer 7

there are few positive cases of classic psychoanalysis as a treatment for offenders

Question 8

WEAKNESS: how is it unethical

Answer 8

there is a power in balance between the therapist and the client

Question 9

WEAKNESS: what could it discover

Answer 9

painful memories that have deliberately been repressed - PTSD